NottinghamWhite wrote:45 years ago today we were cheated from winning the European Cup in Paris. I never went to the game had just started a new job & was told in no uncertain terms I couldn’t have time off. A couple of mates who did go tell how French police battered them after the games with batons. Referee Michel Kitabdjian disallowed a goal from Pete Lorimer claiming it was offside & denied two blatant penalties that night. A Leeds fan at the final whistle ran on the pitch to be removed by gendarmes but this caused Leeds fans to start rioting.
Another Northern Soul wrote:
My Dad worked for the club then and so he went with loads of other employees but he wouldn't take me. I seem to remember it was £9 all in - ticket and travel - which was a lot of money then, especially for the v low paid ground staff. I was kind of glad I didn't go, I was distraught at the result and the scandal, and remember crying in my sleep that night at my grandma's.
That referee performance was a disgrace to football.
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